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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Issues Letter on Gmail Using Partisan Filtering
Today, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson issued a letter to Alphabet, Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai regarding potential FTC Act violations related to partisan administration of Gmail. The letter addresses reporting that Gmail uses partisan methods to determine which emails are flagged as spam, and reminds Alphabet of its obligations under the FTC Act.
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